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Changing FAT 32 in XP to NTFS In XP
Name: ccwilljr Date: August 1, 2003 at 20:53:27 Pacific OS: Windows XP Pro. CPU/Ram: P III 450 Megahertz/128 M
Comment:
Hello: I installed Windows XP over Windows 98 SE and ended up with FAT 32 for a file system.
How can I correct this without reformating the hard drive?
Name: www Date: August 1, 2003 at 20:59:39 Pacific
Reply:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/itpro/managing/convertfat.asp To convert a volume to NTFS from the command prompt Open Command Prompt. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt. In the command prompt window, type: convert drive_letter: /fs:ntfs (convert c: /fs:ntfs press enter)
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Response Number 2
Name: Jon Date: August 1, 2003 at 21:49:39 Pacific
Reply:
A handy tool for things like this is partion magic. A very nice peice of software.
Summary: Pete20033, I did the same sort of thing when I switched from ME (Fat 32) to XP (NTFS). I kept my old ME HD as a slave (archive) and XP has no problem reading it or tranfering files from it to the XP H...
Summary: I would like to partition a external hard disc in FAT32 before formatting it on a seperate PC running Windows 98SE You don't partition in fat32 or ntfs, you partition and then format in fat32 or ntfs....
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